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Definition of Nondelinquent
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nondelinquent
Literary usage of Nondelinquent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Auxiliary Education: The Training of Backward Children by Bruno Maennel (1909)
"It is interesting to note that more delinquent girls tend to repeat than do
delinquent boys, but that twice as many nondelinquent boys repeat grades than do ..."
2. National Plan for Research on Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders edited by Lewis L. Judd (2000)
"If their peers are delinquent, the alienated but nondelinquent children, too,
may develop criminal tendencies. Research has confirmed, however, ..."
3. Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and Chronic Juvenile Offenders by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Opportunities to achieve success in conventional, nondelinquent activities are
also imperative. The following programs reflect these principles: • Gang ..."
4. Prevention Plus III: Assessing Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Programs at by Jean A. Linney, Abraham Wandersman (1993)
"... RM A social-behavioral analysis of skill deficits in delinquent and nondelinquent
adolescent boys, Journal of Consulting and Chnical Psychology 46 (6): ..."
5. Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Interventions by Rebecca Singer Ashery, Elizabeth B. Robertson, Karol Linda Kumpfer (1999)
"... support for the internal structure and validity of the measure Successfully
discriminates delinquent and nondelinquent youth and their families, ..."
6. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"Families with delinquent offspring were found to communicate in more defensive
and less supportive ways than normal nondelinquent control families. ..."
7. National Juvenile Custody Trends, 1978-1989 by Barry Krisberg (1994)
"juvenile held in custody in a private facility in 1989 was most likely to be
white, male, 14 to 17 years of age, and held for a nondelinquent offense such ..."
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